October 16, 2017

Is your WI-FI Secure?

Is your wi-fi network secure? The short answer is NO! Recent announcements of ongoing research by Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens, partially funded by the Research Fund KU Leuven and by the imec High Impact Initiative Distributed Trust project show that all wi-fi networks are vulnerable to at least one […]
November 27, 2016

Content-First Design at Cool Jazz

Here at Cool Jazz Web Design we follow the philosophy of content-first design. What Is Content-First Design? Content-first design is design that is content driven. In other words, you have to know what the content is, BEFORE you start the design process. Many web design companies will throw up a template, […]
June 4, 2016

GABBF 2016: The Rain (and The Governor) Made it Better

The Great American Brass Band Festival of 2016 was visited by some rain (and the Governor) this afternoon, both of which made things a little more fun. We aren’t just sponsors of GABBF again this year — Steve is an original member of the Advocate Brass Band (started 30 years ago – which makes Steve […]
June 1, 2016

Change is Hard

We recently made some huge changes at Cool Jazz Web Design Studio which included moving our office space.  When we started looking for a new location, we dreaded the process. We hate moving. Hate it with a capital HATE. But it was time… so we began looking for the perfect […]
May 27, 2016

A Tribute from a Client!

Earlier this week, a children’s book writer (and client) came to visit us. It was the first time she had seen our new Cool Jazz Web Design Studio in downtown Danville. This morning, she sent us a lovely written tribute, and we just HAD to share a little portion of it […]
May 9, 2016

Our Unique Office Space in Downtown Danville

Cool Jazz Web Design Studio has an amazing new office in Downtown Danville. It’s taken a bit of time and effort to make the transition and to refurbish the space to make it perfect for us, but we are now settled in our beautiful and delightfully unusual office suite in […]
May 2, 2016

Big Changes at Cool Jazz! Here’s the Scoop…

The Change in Our Business We are no longer offering computer repair services. That was a difficult, HUGE decision for us. For the past three years, we have worked constantly – many MANY hours a day, often 6 or 7 days a week. The stress of never having any time […]
April 22, 2016

Serious Downtime Experienced Across the Web Today

This morning, April 22, 2016, several of our client’s sites experienced some downtime that resulted from issues with a major Internet backbone company. Downtime is extremely unusual for the host we recommend, so we inquired about the issue. We learned that a large hijack incident impacted not only the sites we […]
April 19, 2016

Cool Jazz Web Design Studio Re-Opening May 2016

Here at Cool Jazz Web Design, we are making some BIG changes. We are closing down our current offices (beginning on Thursday of this week) and will reopen the second week of May in our cool new Downtown Danville location. We aren’t giving out the details yet… but stay tuned… it will […]
April 6, 2016

Why We Recommend Kaspersky

Cool Jazz Web Design Studio recommends Kaspersky Internet Security to all of our clients. Why? Well, we use it ourselves on are own equipment, decades of experience in virus and malware removal have proven to us that Kaspersky is the best protection available to the end user as well as […]
March 29, 2016

Custom Guitar Maker in Kentucky

We just launched a new site for a client who creates BEAUTIFUL custom guitars right here in central Kentucky! He creates them one at a time, by hand and customizes each one to make his client’s dreams come true. Confession Time I love music, in particular jazz (of course!), but Steve […]
February 24, 2016

Facebook Gets a Facelift: Do More Than Just “LIKE” a Post!

The “like” button on your facebook page just sprouted wings! You can now “Like” a post with the traditional “thumbs up” or you can LOVE a post with a heart inside a red circle, or you can Laugh at a post, say “WOW” about a post, share sadness about the […]